Stonemasonry across Cheltenham

Cheltenham sits right on the edge of the Cotswolds, and its building stock shows it. Alongside the famous Regency terraces there are thousands of Cotswold stone properties — Victorian villas in Charlton Kings and Leckhampton, cottages in Prestbury and Swindon Village, and post-war and modern houses faced in reconstituted or natural stone. Behind almost all of them: stone garden and boundary walls, many now a century or more old.

We're based in Winchcombe, a 15-minute drive over Cleeve Hill, and Cheltenham makes up a large share of our workload.

What we do in Cheltenham

  • Garden and boundary wall repair — Cheltenham's mature gardens are full of ageing stone walls; we rebuild collapsed and bulging sections, refix copings and repoint in lime. See stone wall repair.
  • Stone restoration — repointing, stone replacement and repair on period properties across the town, including work in Cheltenham's conservation areas and on listed buildings.
  • Stone cleaning — lifting grime, algae and staining from stone frontages, porches, steps and garden walls without damaging the surface.
  • Dry stone walling — new garden features and boundary walls in traditional dry stone, particularly on the Cotswold fringe of town: Prestbury, Southam, Charlton Kings, Leckhampton and up onto Cleeve Hill.
  • New stonework and carving — stone for extensions and landscaping, plus hand-carved house names and numbers for Cheltenham properties.
  • House signs and numbers — hand-carved name plaques and door numbers for Cheltenham’s Regency villas and terraces, where a painted or plain-cut sign suits the elevation better than a bought one.

Working in a Regency town

Cheltenham's centre carries extensive conservation-area protection, and many properties are listed. Even where a building is stucco-fronted, the boundary walls, steps, copings and garden structures are often natural stone — and repairs to them are expected to be done sympathetically: matched stone, lime mortar, correct joint finishes. That's how we work by default, and we're happy to provide the detail conservation officers and managing agents ask for.

Neighbourhoods we cover

All of Cheltenham, including Charlton Kings, Leckhampton, Prestbury, Pittville, Montpellier, Lansdown, Battledown, Whaddon, Hatherley, Up Hatherley, Swindon Village and out to Bishop's Cleeve, Winchcombe and the surrounding villages.

If you're weighing up whether a wall needs repairing now or can wait another winter, send us photos through the quote form — we'll give you an honest answer either way.

Stonemasonry services in Cheltenham